Weekly Roundup : February 28, 2016

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Hello from Mumbai. I have been extremely busy all of this week, but Ajay in spite of a busy week did manage to cover a variety of topics. So, here is a quick round up from the week gone by. Credit Cards Citi Prestige Credit Card offers a British Airways Executive Club upgrade, enabling Ajay to get a 2-year oneworld Emerald status. Also, there are changes the changes in benefits Citi Prestige is implementing April onwards. Among other things, the Gold upgrade status on Etihad is going away. 2 years of OneWorld Emerald with the Citi Prestige Credit Card Citi Prestige benefits changing w.e.f. April 2016 Loyalty Program News Jet Airways has published adjustments to its partner award charts effective this April, the result being we will need a lot…

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SPG announces 2016 category changes: Indian hotels get expensive in awards!

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The season for hotel category adjustments is here and while we have shared with you the changes for IHG and Marriott, now Starwood has announced its category changes for 2016. The change will come in to effect from March 1, 2016. As a quick reminder Starwood hotels globally range between categories 1 to 7 and operate under the following brand names. Global Impact Overall 282 Starwood hotels have been affected this year with the category change. 168 hotels are going up and 114 are going down the index, clearly indicating that overall the Starwood portfolio has gotten expensive.  The regions with maximum number of increases are US, Europe and Asia and there have been significant category decreases in Canada, Russia…

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Hilton HHonours Double Points or Miles Promotion is on

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Hotel loyalty programs are all in full swing with their promotions for the first quarter of 2016 and this year Hilton has brought back its Double Your HHonors promotion for 2016. The first thing to note is that this promotion is nothing new and is nearly identical to the promotion Hilton has been offering for the last 2 years. This promotion is valid for stays between January1 until April 30,2016 and the proposition is quite simple: Hilton members who opt for ”Points & Points” will earn double the number of base Hilton Hhonors points on every stay. On the other hand, members who choose ”Points & Miles” will earn double the number of base airline miles of every stay during…

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